كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
Truly, I swear by the moon,
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
and by the night when it goes back,
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
and by the morning when it becomes bright,
إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
it (Saqar :Hell) is one of the greatest things
نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
as a warning to the mankind,
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
to the one from among you who wishes to come forward (towards good deeds) or to go back (from them).
كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
Everyone will be detained (in the Hell) because of what he did,
إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
except the People of the Right, (i.e. those who will be given their Book of Deeds in their right hands)
فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
who will be in gardens, asking
عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
about the guilty persons,